Clicked this photo few years back in Gya village in #leh#india while I was there to shoot my film MiKE. Gya is a small village uphill on the way from Manali to Leh and was hit by a massive flash flood just before our arrival. Stanzin Dorjai , the person in the photo is one of the renowned shepherd turned Documentary film maker from that region and even played a small role of a shepherd in our film. #travelphotography#shepherd#natgeoyourshot

The first and most fundamental of Buddhist architectural monuments, the Buddhist stupa serves as a marker for a sacred space, a symbolic representation of the Buddha’s burial mound.
#leh#ladakh#lehladakh

With the holiday season coming around the corner, we at AEC Digital Solutions thought of portraying the interests & wishes of our employees to fulfill during these holidays..
& Today we present Manoj Kumar with his dream destination - LEH.
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Manoj, one of the finest colleagues of AEC speaks about traveling to his dream destination "Leh" on his bike. He describes Leh in his own words - " The rugged landscape under the stark blue sky, aligned by snow crested peaks & some lush green patches of vegetation along the valleys formed by the perennial streams together make for a surreal scenic beauty. He ads that it's not only the scenic beauty but also the lip s acking Tibetan snacks and the vibrant & indigenous festivals, which are calling for him...
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#holidayhobbiesatAEC#dreamdestination#leh#aecdigital#aecdigitalsolutions#bestbimfirm#bimservices#mepcoordinationservices#mepservices

2018 REFLECTIONS 3/3
All along, I met some beautiful people. I travelled around surreal Ladakh. For the FIRST time I saw humongous mountains and surreal waterbodies. Often, I said to myself, “Just being able to live in Ladakh is enough; I have my dream woodwork studio too.” Its been absolutely an year to remember. Now, I have also decided to live in Ladakh for the winters. It’s harsh and basics of life like food don’t come easy here. But I hope to gain more character as I am facing -25 degree Celsius for the FIRST time in my life. On top of it all I am living with my best friend @sarthak_kath
(I forgot to mention you, first 😋). Does it get any better?
PS- I specially mentioned all the ‘FIRST’s in caps because I think they are very important and I would like to keep them coming in the 2019.
I hope earth stays under my feet in 2019 as well.
I am grateful to you all for following my work and helping me do more of what I love!
Thank you very much.

2018 REFLECTIONS 2/3
Things got better as the year passed. I got an offer of going to Ladakh for a 2 month furniture design project. My FIRST independent large scale project! Thanks to @shuchita_grover who referred me for this project. It was completely out of my comfort zone in the beginning. Working with semi-skilled craftsmen to make meticulous furniture (as my carpentry masters taught me) was a challenge. There are very few professions which are as silent as woodworking but I had to scream as hard as it could get to make the team of carpenters understand. I was wrong or right is not relevant now. It was the need of the hour and my mind could not think on anything more intelligent than that. Things got better with time. Many carpenters left, few remained. After a month or so, @jigmetmantra , whose homestay I came to work on offered me to start my own studio in Ladakh. I was anyway going to try and start my studio back in Delhi because my dear friends had been pushing me to do so. And the one who was very consistent in doing so was @matratype . That fear had gripped me of entering an unknown territory. But the final push was given by my mom and I decided that after my 2 month work in Ladakh, I will come back to Delhi and start my own dream studio. Now, I was given the opportunity to do so in Ladakh. I contemplated for a while, because as much as I really like to dream, I also like to keep things real. I accepted the offer. And here I am in Ladakh.
As I continued to work here, I got the opportunity to make chairs! It was always a dream to make one. I made them for the FIRST time. I worked with the heavenly Devdaar wood for the FIRST time.
As I was pushing myself in the furniture making, back in Delhi my dad was freely exploring his craftsmanship skills. I am so glad that he picked carpentry more than just a hobby. He is really passionate about it. Next year, we will try to figure out that how he can make it his full time profession.
Continued on next post...

Someone said wrinkles make you learn life..!!!
I wonder who set the clock like this?
If i could get a chance, i would like to be born older with all those wrinkles. knowing everything.
Then I should live backwards.
Everyday I will wake up younger.
Everyday I will wake up without knowing something which was known for me yesterday.
I will start losing my ego day by day.
I will be loving someone who was my rival yesterday.
I will forget my pride. I will forget to fight. I will be a toddler again.
I wont remember something, someone.. then everything and everyone.
I will go back to the life in my mothers womb.how beautiful that must be...
But now, I have to go to the bed to wake up elder for tomorrow.
To get one more wrinkle on my face.
To learn something new. To fight for something, to live for something, someone
and finally to die one day knowing everything and everyone....

Turtuk, village divided by a border, once served as an important gateway to the silk road. One of my favourite place for the trip, rocky roads, craggy mountains, deserts n milkyway with shooting stars above our heads in the dark night making it an even more worth to go destination. #livelovelaugh#indiaride2018#travel#leh#northernindia

Months ago we were talking about it with so much excitements and worries, i have conquered most of my fears in this trip, thanks to my dear sisters for listening to my screams n ‘why am i doing this’ cries under my helmet, heads up for obstacles ahead to prep me as well as riding behind me making sure that im doing ok... PLUS trying to stop me to make me add another piece of clothing to keep myself warm at the super cold stretch #sheriders#loveyouall#livelovelaugh#ilovemyfriends#indiaride2018#justdoit#honkanlah#travel#leh#northernindia